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    Native Americans lived in small tribes before farming began, mostly moving seasonally and having little economic production. The cultivation of maize by the Inca and Aztec led to the start of farming among Native Americans, which caused social and political changes as crop-growing settlements developed with more interaction and alliances between leaders. While Native American tribes were spread across North America and spoke many languages in isolation from each other, they developed distinct cultures based on their geographic regions such as the Great Plains, Mississippi River, and Appalachian Mountains.

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    Native Americans lived in small tribes before farming began, mostly moving seasonally and having little economic production. The cultivation of maize by the Inca and Aztec led to the start of farming among Native Americans, which caused social and political changes as crop-growing settlements developed with more interaction and alliances between leaders. While Native American tribes were spread across North America and spoke many languages in isolation from each other, they developed distinct cultures based on their geographic regions such as the Great Plains, Mississippi River, and Appalachian Mountains.

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    Early America (Before 1492) : Native Americans

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    Native Americans lived in small tribes before farming began, mostly moving seasonally and having little economic production. The cultivation of maize by the Inca and Aztec led to the start of farming among Native Americans, which caused social and political changes as crop-growing settlements developed with more interaction and alliances between leaders. While Native American tribes were spread across North America and spoke many languages in isolation from each other, they developed distinct cultures based on their geographic regions such as the Great Plains, Mississippi River, and Appalachian Mountains.

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    Early America (before 1492)


    Native Americans

    Life Before Farming


    Socially: small tribes; very lineage oriented
    Politically: ruled by family/group leaders; family was the social interaction one knew
    Economically: very little production; moving with the seasons and living day to day; pretty
    much no economy

    Farming
    Maize: Native American corn whose cultivation changed Native American culture
    Cultivation starts with the Inca and Aztec people
    Crop growing slowly gained momentum

    Life After Farming


    Socially: small, crop-growing settlements with hunter/gatherer mentalities
    Politically: alliances; leaders; more interaction
    Economically: popular crops (beans, maize, squash) were produced and exchanged

    Americas Geography
    Great Basin: Pueblo people
    Rocky Mountains: Ute and Cheyenne
    Great Plains: Sioux
    Mississippi River: Mound Builders
    Appalachian Mountains: Cherokee
    North East: Iroquois Confederacy
    Native Americans were sparsely spread across the land
    Countless tribes
    Over 2,000 separate languages were spoken
    Isolationism was a major factor in Native Americas lifestyle

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